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The Buffalo Bills have now won their first two games. This has been against reasonably good teams. Now I need to spend some time doing the book keeping for the local volunteer fire department and volunteer ambulance service.
America isn’t about what is happening inside the beltway. It is about what is happening out here in flyover land.
The Dem “Dream ticket” would be “Lohan/Winehouse.”
Their slogan could be something like “Incomparable Incoherence and Incontinence” or “Real Rehab for America.”
Bill Mack,
I was at the Jags-Bills game. Even as a huge Jaguars fan, I have to admit Buffalo looked great.
Well, all I know is that I could take him in arm wrestling. But I’d take a peek over his shoulder if we taking a math pop quiz.
Oh boy, the “Bills” have won some game.
The Roman leaders used to keep the MOB busy with the foolishness of the sport.
Things have not changed much.
I thought that was the Democrats.
Settling in for the winter in Bristol Bay, AK. Thanks to Sarah Palin for the extra $1,200. Everyone screamed that it was a waste of money to give Alaskans a fuel subsidy, but she did it anyway. For those of us in the wilderness it sure comes in handy! Don’t you wish your state payed you to live there? And is a red state to boot!
Hey there guys,
I just wanted to take a minute to introduce myself. I’m new to the site, but I’m already a huge fan.
I’m 14 years old, and I’m getting angry that far-left ideas are beginning to become mainstream.
I look forward to joining discussions on here in the coming weeks and months.
I’ve already been told….by family!
BTW, thanks for your discertation of quantum phyics and such. Now, if you’ll just point me in the direction of the outhouse, everything will be fine.
Just follow your nose!
Assuming there is any money left (i.e. Sulzberger didn’t run off with what is left after he destroyed the paper), they can pay edelweiss to write that as an epitaph for the NYTimes.
Thanks, purplepeep! I, too, believe God is in charge. I figure that however much we find out about the universe and how it works, there will always be one more question. There will never be a final answer as to “Why does it work that way?” except “Because God wants it to.” I also believe, though, that if something seems dangerous, we should still look into it and do what we can, not out of lack of faith in God but because I believe God wants us to do what we can to take care of ourselves.
Thank you! This isn’t my first forum, but I never have used markup extensively, and I’m flattered by the compliment.
tbear44,
Let me preface this by admiting that I am not fully aware of where the $,1200 came from so I am open to education on the issue.
How does a government payment to it’s residents support a conservative agenda? If, as I believe, the money came from taxes on oil companies wouldn’t the better thing to do be to lower the taxes?
I am glad that Gov. Palin did not spend the state’s windfall on some unnecessary projects but I am trobled by the apparent wealth redistribution flavor of this.
Anyone care to enlighten me?
Welcome aboard! As I’m sure you’ve already noticed, the discussions here are pretty lively. Chime in anytime. We’ll be glad to hear from you.
Sharia Law is not legaly binding in England. Link here. Welcome to the Islamic Republic of England.
not = now.
As a form of highly concentrated energy, “Anti-M” — as the late, great physicist Robert Forward liked to refer to it — is impossible to beat. It would likely find its greatest value as the propulsion mechanism for interstellar flight (yeah, I know, Star Trek, but there is real science here) at slower-than-light speeds, however. Forward thought that the cost of producing Anti-M could be brought way down and that the storage problem could be solved. Of course, Anti-M interstellar flight starting with robot probes is something for the future (maybe in the second half of this century) if freedom, capitalism, and America should prevail. That’s a really big “if” obviously.
Somehow, I knew that was coming. Can you spare a copy of the NYT, just in case?
Welcome talkin_bout …
Have a good time, but don’t give out any personal information…
Lindsey Lohan “lashes out at Sarah Palin”. Well, I guess it’s all over now. If you tie Lindsey’s political acumen and ability to conduct an in-depth analysis in with all of the comments by Pamela Anderson, Whoppi Goldberg, Matt Damon, Barbara Streisand, and other celebrity types who express themselves so elequently and in such civil tones, McCain and Palin may as well stay home.
I know I’m so disheartened by their insightful opinions and offerings I feel ashamed to ever have thought of supporting the ticket, much less sending them all the money we have to date. I know what, since they will need rehab after all of this, I will send even more money to the RNC just for that purpose alone.
I am sure Lindsey and her friends can offer first person recommendations for good institutions offering psychological, emotional, and substance abuse help. And they say conservatives have no heart.
I’m dropping off folks. It’s been a real hoot reading tonight.
Maybe I won’t want the cable fixed after all. I always seem to learn a few things.
By the way, this is my first post too. Some good thoughts on this blog, but some rather disturbing comments as well. It seems to me that Michelle puts the “Fairness Doctrine” in play in a practical manner so I imagine that is why she allows liberals to post here as well.
http://www.daybydaycartoon.com/2008/09/14/#004826
Day By Day slays me
Welcome. Maybe someone your age can interpret what some liberals on this sight are saying. Should be enlightning.
As far as CERN is concerned, if the doom sayers are right we have 4 years. Coincidentally this is when the Aztec (or is it Inca) calendar runs out of days. Good time to make long term investments.
Welcome. I must say that I am intrigued as well as impressed that a fourteen year old would be interested in this forum. Hats off to you. Please don’t hesitate to just jump right in.
BRONCOS 2-0
WOW, one of the craziest most exiting games I’ve ever been to.
See ya tomorrow.
On September 14th, 2008 at 9:28 pm, Peddler said:
By the way, this is my first post too. Some good thoughts on this blog, but some rather disturbing comments as well. It seems to me that Michelle puts the “Fairness Doctrine” in play in a practical manner so I imagine that is why she allows liberals to post here as well.
Excellent point. Interstellar flight may be one of the few things that would make it worth the investment. And it may be the only way we’ll ever reach the stars. It wouldn’t have the overwhelming diminishing returns problem the chemical fuel for our current reaction propulsion drives would have.
And I agree it would have to be at slower than light speeds. Much as I might wish otherwise, I don’t believe there’s any way around that 186,000 mile per second speed limit.
That speed limit is why I don’t believe our planet has been visited by beings from outer space. Alien civilizations would have the same difficulty traversing the vastness of interstellar space that we do.
As for anti-matter — I make it two or three times a week. Actually, I make PET isotopes for cancer diagnosis. The Fluorine-18 emits a positron (anti-matter) which then annihilates an electron releasing equal and opposite (direction) gamma rays which are read by the PET machine. Cool, Huh! We make F-18 out of Oxygen-18 (a naturally occurring stable isotope of Oxygen) using a proton accelerator. I know, more than you wanted to know.
Karl Rove(Bush’s Brain, Obama’s Hemorrhoid)has complained about the spate of bad ads recently; A great one for McCain/Palin or the RNC would be the extensive background checks required to be in the employ of the F.B.I., Secret Service, and yes, even the USDA; Among the required criteria is no past associations with known terrorists, whether foreign or domestic; Does William Ayres ring a bell; Failed background check; No POTUS for you Obama.
talkin_about
Welcome-
B-Red is right-don’t give any personal info-
CS and Homeschool MOM…..
As a certain well known Vulcan would say, “Fascinating.”
My only concern is about that is that Dr. Rossler has stated that the LHC experiment is different because they are using bigger particles, and I haven’t seen CERN address this assertion specifically. Otherwise, that is my favorite argument in the LHC’s favor.
I am fascinated by the quantum physics involved, but will try to save tackling that aspect until I find a good science-based forum. (Only in the interests of being appropriate to the specific forum I’m typing in.) I understand that Stephen Hawking has said it doesn’t exist and that either way it’s all theory with no observational evidence. On the other hand, Stephen Hawking has been quoted as saying the experiment is a good thing, so maybe I haven’t checked into my sources enough.
I think I melded two labs into one in my head, but I think that’s the one I OUGHT to have been referring to. I was, admittedly, mixing it up with Brookhaven on Long Island. Thanks for the cool link!
I think the LHC is more powerful than what we’ve tried before by a factor of about eight?
I have an interest in science, but no actual credentials. I do understand enough about astronomy to understand that it is heavily related to chemistry and physics.
My understanding of relativity is pretty poor. The Gutenberg project is wonderful, but their version of the book doesn’t have graphics, and I can’t get it on loan from the library long enough to keep pausing and whining that Einstein is assuming humans perceive everything.
I’m a bit confused as to why so much US money is involved in this myself, even if the end-of-the-world concerns are overhyped. (As is obvious from my other posts, I’m very interested in understanding that argument better. And interested in general opinion, so thank you to all who said something!)
It also seems like people feel the US government not giving money to something is tantamount to the US government banning it. I wish more people would be a bit more careful about the distinction.
Hey, CS - homeschool mom… me too!
NestingHawk, my understanding of relativity and quantum physics began when read Brian Greene’s The Elegant Universe. An excellent book to further your unerstanding of quantum physics is The New Quantum Universe by Tony Hey and Patrick Walters.
You may be able to find these in a library, but I prefer to purchase books, if possible. That way I can take all the time I need to figure out what they’re talking about. I love reading books like that, but I can’t go through one of those as fast as I can a good novel.
CNN is doing a feature on Palin. Some good, some obviously biased against her, especially about troopergate.
pianotchr
best choice - don’t you think?!!!!!
What do you want to bet that talkin_about is homeschooled…
They once said the world was flat.
If you travel faster than that, would you be traveling in time?
Theoretically. The big problem with it is that the closer you get to the speed of light, the more energy it takes to accelerate any further. According to Einstein’s equations, accelerating to the speed of light would require an infinite amount of energy. That is what makes going beyond that an impossibility. I might add that the increasing energy requirements of approaching the speed of light have already been verified in particle accelerator experiments.
I found this article interesting. Obamanomics.
Here’s an excerpt:
When I make remarks about the U.K. circling the bowl, this is what I mean. This is what happens when a government gets so caught up in seeming tollerant that it abdicates its good sense. Good luck closing that dopey loophole now.
Welcome, from one newbie to another. I can tell you that this is one of the best, most welcoming and friendly forums on the net, and I’m glad to know you.
Bummer.
I used to want to act (when I was a teenager), and I didn’t suck at it, but I was fairly discouraged once I realized that dogs and monkeys-in-diapers could be taught the trade as well. Also, I’m pretty sure the required lobotomy would have upset me.
Interesting.
Youtube clip including some old footage of Obama using his Ayer’s provided job with Annenberg to launch his political career:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-45A6I-N5I
30, one of the things I loved the most about Bill’s interview with him is he got all over him about his socialist ideas.
And perhaps thats where you “Break on through to the other side”, as Jim Morrison said.
To get to the breaking point requires more than we know, and more than we can imagine, but past there may require no energy.
Like getting a second wind.
I was not a big fan of Palin when she became the governor of our great state, but anything that keeps BHO out of office works for me! Not to mention the fact that the State of Alaska has paid me over $30,000 over the years via PFD’s to live in God’s country. You should move here it’s a great place to live! As it is gasoline taxes have been suspended, no sales tax in most of the state except for a few communities, and no state income tax. It’s a win-win and anyone who thinks differently obviously doesn’t live here.
…and the Super Steelers are looking good against Cleveland in the wind and rain. 10 to 3 at the start of the 4th quarter.
Thank you!
I bookmarked the link for later perusal.
I remember thinking something was off about A Brief History of Time-maybe just felt he was too sure of himself or something-but I would never argue that Stephen Hawking isn’t brilliant. And I think that book did help me visualize theories regarding gravity.
I didn’t catch the interview. But I am glad to hear that he held his feet to the fire about it… nobody else will.
On September 14th, 2008 at 10:37 pm,
But they are starting to make my blood boil. They have to play better defense.
Nice sack.
3rd and 7. need a stop
10-6.
We need to score again and sew this thing up… stating the obvious, I know.
I thought it was the Mayan calendar. I’ve seen other people pointing that out, but I think it ends there because that’s when the solar system has completed one galactic orbit from when they started the calendar.
From Wikipedia:
“The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar forms the basis for a New Age belief, first forecast by José Argüelles, that a cataclysm will take place on or about 21 December 2012, a forecast that mainstream Mayanist scholars consider a misinterpretation.[12]”
“^ Susan Milbrath, Curator of Latin American Art and Archaeology , Florida Museum of Natural History, quoted in USA Today, Wednesday, March 28, 2007, p. 11D.
“For the ancient Maya, it was a huge celebration to make it to the end of a whole cycle,” says Sandra Noble, executive director of the Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc. in Crystal River, Florida. To render December 21, 2012, as a doomsday or moment of cosmic shifting, she says, is “a complete fabrication and a chance for a lot of people to cash in.” (Quoted in USA Today, Wednesday, March 28, 2007, p. 11D.)”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayan_calendar
And I found the medical stuff interesting.
Thank you! I’ll definitely consider reading those. It’s hard to get a good recommendation. I’ve gotten through much of Taking the Quantum Leap and liked the first part, but I drifted after I felt it was getting more into personal opinion on what everything meant than established concepts.
You have a point about purchasing instead of borrowing, too.And I would be impressed to the point of nervous if I ever ran into anyone who could genuinely go through one of those as fast as a good novel.
It was a great Sunday:
Mossied around the house until 11
Spent 3 hours at McCain headquarters making calls
Went to my sisters and made baked chicken for dinner for us (also watched “Legally Blond2″)
Got a couple hours in to read this blog.
Not likely. It takes the sun 225-250 million years to complete one orbit around the galaxy. I’m pretty sure the Mayan calendar hasn’t been around that long.
None of the other doomsday prophecies have ever come true, why should this one be any different?
The only person I could think of who could do that would be the fictional Mr. Scott.
I finally watched an entire Obama ad and was thrilled with the content. The ad showed some of Sen. McCain’s campaign advisors and stated how they worked as lobbyists prior to the campaign. The hook was that if the McCain campaign staff was filled with lobbyists, who would run the White House?
Would anyone believe — John McCain?
As I read between the lines of how that ad was put together, it became obvious the puppet masters managing Sen. Obama’s campaign fully expect to be running the White House should their man end up with more votes. Apparently, ‘they’ don’t believe a President runs the country, his staff does.
Thank you once again to the Obama campaign for providing the entertainment I so enjoy during election season.
I’ll wrap up tonight’s discussion of theoretical physics by pointing out that scientists are trying very hard to find a way to unite relativity and quantum physics into one big unified theory. Nobody knows how to do that yet, but Tim Joseph wrote a very memorable poem about it called Unified Field Theory. Check it out.
Whoops! Thanks for the correction. I’ll have to try to figure out why I thought that later.
That made me laugh.
I know I’ll be bookmarking the last link you provided.
Am I a “backwoods conservative” if I get a chuckle out of
Red State Update?
(language caution, but nothing worse than what you might hear at Obama’s church.)
Here’s another Red State Update about Sarah Palin. It starts out a little slow but has some hilarous moments.
Nah, Peddler. We are hoping against hope to be the first to see a liberal actually express an intelligent, raional or unemotional thought. It would be something like being present when Morse sent his first telegraph message. “What hath God wrought?”
We’re still waiting and “hoping”
That would be a change I would have a hard time believing.
It would be better to see the back of this guys head.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080915/ap_on_re_af/zimbabwe_10